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9/28/2005 daMoose_Neo: Reviewer wanted for Super Hero Card Game
Hey- Just got our latest & greatest game up on RPGNow, a PDF card game entitled "The Supers!", and we're looking for a reviewer. Game consists of 36 cards among…
In Connections
Participants: daMoose_Neo.

9/28/2005 Nathan P.: [DitV] Half and half
First Half: ...I'm not gonna lie, I think this is really funny. Second Half: I had an interesting conversation last week when my group was deciding which of…
In lumpley games
Participants: Nathan P., lumpley, Judaicdiablo, John Burdick, Vaxalon, IMAGinES, Particle_Man.

9/28/2005 pfischer: [PtA] The Last Shore - it's a wrap!
The Last Shore, Episode 5: Dear Elvira. We played the last episode of The Last Shore yesterday, and we were all eager to get a sense of closure to wrap…
In Actual Play
Participants: pfischer, pedyo, Munkholt, Rune, Jonas Karlsson.

9/28/2005 John Kirk: RPG Design Patterns
Being an engineer by training and a software developer by trade, I have often thought that the tools of the software industry could apply to role-playing game design.  In fact,…
In RPG Theory
Participants: John Kirk, contracycle, pfischer, J. Tuomas Harviainen, Jack Aidley, Tobias, Bankuei, Artanis, xenopulse, nikola, rrr, Blankshield, gsoylent, Adam Dray, Marco, Paul Czege, tj333, Bill_White, Kynn, resistor, Montola, Rob Carriere, 1of3, ffilz, Sydney Freedberg, matthijs, demiurgeastaroth, oreso, cj.23, RenjiKage, oliof, Kesher, Shimeran, M. J. Young, clehrich.

9/28/2005 Valamir: Universalis Examples
I've decided to take the opportunity of the next print run of Uni to do some major revisions to the text.  These revisions are looking to wind up much more…
In Universalis
Participants: Valamir, Stickman, Tobias, Jack Aidley, Tony Irwin, Christopher Weeks, Arturo G., demiurgeastaroth, matthijs, GreatWolf, daHob, Nev the Deranged.

9/28/2005 epweissengruber: Sorcerer at Phantasm -- adaptation of "In Utero" from Sex and Sorcery
[size=14pt]Points of Interest[/size] - [color=Red]Adapting[/color] the Scenario - [color=Purple] Introducing[/color] Players to Sorcerer - [color=Brown]Humanity Rolls[/color] [size=14pt]Overview:[/size] This was the most well-focused and intense scenario I ran at the con. …
In Actual Play
Participants: epweissengruber, Ron Edwards.

9/27/2005 Janus: Midnight / Heroquest conversion?
Hi, Would anyone still happen to have a copy of Scripty's Midnight setting to HQ system adaption? I can't seem to find it around the net. Thanks in advance, Janus
In HeroQuest
Participants: Janus, Mike Holmes, Uzzah.

9/27/2005 epweissengruber: Equat1on -- any buzz?
While at Phantasm, I came across the game Equat1on. It is a sci-fi game that claims to support both tabletop and LARP play.  I saw it playtested and it resolved…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: epweissengruber, Justin D. Jacobson.

9/27/2005 JC: [The Mountain Witch] Newbie feedback
Six of us played TMW for the first time last Sunday. There was some good and some bad. But first, a little background. Although we are all experienced role-players, none…
In Actual Play
Participants: JC, Miskatonic, GreatWolf, Eero Tuovinen, timfire, Tim Alexander, Nev the Deranged.

9/27/2005 Iskander: [kpfs] not enough grief, or puppies.
After a hiatus of at least a decade, I GMed for the first time last Saturday, and chose kpfs to break my magically reformed GMing hymen. The game's subtext appealed…
In Actual Play
Participants: Iskander, Random Goblin.

9/27/2005 epweissengruber: Donjon at Phantasm.
[size=10pt]Points Raised in this Post[/size] - [color=Red][font=Verdana]Adapting[/font][/color] old Dungeons to Donjon - [color=Purple]Foregrounding[/color] creative Gamism - [color=Green]Setting[/color] Donjon's "Dials" - The Effectiveness of the [color=Orange]Dice Hack[/color] [size=10pt]Overview[/size] Sunday, 3 pm,…
In Actual Play
Participants: epweissengruber, Mike Holmes, Miskatonic.

9/27/2005 Bastoche: Narrativist question
I'm still trying to sort all that GNS buisness. Taking the N in particular. I think I understand what a premise is. It's an issue, a rhetorical question central to…
In GNS Model Discussion
Participants: Bastoche, Valamir, Bankuei, jburneko, Mike Holmes, demiurgeastaroth, ewilen, Neil the Wimp, Ron Edwards, Frank T.

9/27/2005 Kat Miller: Southern Exposure Update
Southern Exposure starts this thursday the 29th. As far as the explosion goes, there are no Indie games being offered on Thursday, Mike and I are arriving Friday morning so…
In Conventions
Participants: Kat Miller, Andrew Morris, Nathan P..

9/27/2005 Smithy: [The Big House] Exapnded Mechanics & The Lockdown
Thanks again to everyone who commented on my last thread.  I have posted the current draft of The Big House here--although not all filled in yet, I think there's almost…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Smithy.

9/27/2005 abzu: Anatomy of a Railroad
While moving some stuff around tonight, I uncovered a couple of dusty old notebooks. They appeared to be from my last year of highschool and first year of college. One…
In Actual Play
Participants: abzu, droog, TonyLB, Frank T, Valamir, Thor Olavsrud, xenopulse, JasperN., Joshua BishopRoby, Arturo G., Nev the Deranged, Noon, Chris Geisel, Sydney Freedberg, Mike Holmes, Sean, Brand_Robins, ffilz, NN, Ron Edwards.

9/27/2005 BeZurKur: Horror Comics
The horror genre of comics is as old (although, currently not as popular) as the supers genre.  However, with some of the darker supernatural heroes, particularly those of the 90's,…
In Muse of Fire Games
Participants: BeZurKur, TonyLB, Sydney Freedberg, Anders Gabrielsson.

9/27/2005 Savveh: How can i make RPGs?
I saw some programs and stuff but whats the best program to download or if i dont even have to id love that.
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Savveh, Sydney Freedberg, TonyLB.

9/27/2005 Judaicdiablo: [DitV] Firefly in the Verse Session 0
I just posted Session 0 of Firefly in the Vineyard over in Actual Play.  Here is the link. http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forum/index.php?topic=16975.0 --Brandon
In lumpley games
Participants: Judaicdiablo.

9/27/2005 Judaicdiablo: [DitV] Firefly in the Verse Session 0 [Long]
Introduction I have taken the DitV rules and adapted it to the Firefly setting.  The Key differences to this setting are: 1) I will be doing Job creation instead of…
In Actual Play
Participants: Judaicdiablo, IMAGinES, philaros, lumpley, tonyd, John Harper.

9/26/2005 talysman: [Court of 9 Chambers] first playtest
in the second half of august, I took a trip to the east coast (Boston/Providence area) to visit with friends and basically unwind before starting another big project. while there,…
In Actual Play
Participants: talysman, TonyLB, Emily Care, Mike Holmes, Arturo G..

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9/28/2005 Ron Edwards: [Want] Ronnies feedback
Hello, I'm writing up the games more or less in order of submission, but it might strike me to do otherwise along the way. For instance, sooner or later I…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Ron Edwards, Ben Lehman.

9/28/2005 Troy_Costisick: Troy's Standard Rant #2: Follow Up
Heya, I suppose I should call these non-rants, but in the end it’s not really important.  This is a follow-up to the rant I wrote here: http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forum/index.php?topic=16809.0 Again, I make…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Troy_Costisick, Jeph, Joshua BishopRoby, Green, Valamir, WhiteRat, Blankshield, demiurgeastaroth, gsoylent, lumpley.

9/28/2005 Ron Edwards: [Guilt & Frustration[/url][/b] Ronnies feedback
Hello, Considering that Peter Nordstrand has already started a good thread about Guilt and Frustration in , I figured I'd support that practice and write its feedback up…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Ron Edwards, Peter Nordstrand.

9/28/2005 Jonathan Walton: SIS: Beyond the Glossary (Help!)
[b]Emergancy theory help needed![/b] I'm in the middle of finishing the first draft of an article called [i]Negotiated Narratives: Roleplaying and the Aesthetics of the Middle Ground[/i], which is a…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Jonathan Walton, Valamir, talysman, Ron Edwards, Silmenume, Joshua BishopRoby, John Kim, Artanis, pekkok, contracycle, C. Edwards, Alan.

9/28/2005 cvandelinde: [Sorcerer] First game
Hi all, This is my first post, but I've been reading these forums for a couple of days now.  I'm going to be running Sorcerer for my wife, using just…
In Adept Press
Participants: cvandelinde, Tim Alexander.

9/28/2005 Tobaselly: [Fate Walkers] New Game Concept. Please abuse. :)
I was thinking of a basic narrative competative game that i'm calling Fate Walkers right now. There is no storyteller/GM person in the game and the game mechanics are half…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Tobaselly, Halzebier, Mike Holmes, Arturo G., Joshua BishopRoby, Troy_Costisick.

9/28/2005 Jediblack: Eloquence Fantasy Roleplaying Game
Hi folks, I wrote this little (one page) rpg. It's a parody, nothing more than a joke, but I think it's amusing. I tried to insert "table mechanics"…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Jediblack, Mike Holmes.

9/28/2005 Judaicdiablo: [DitV] Wounded: Alternate Trait Suggestion
in a previous post Vincent clarified the Fallout rules to indicate that "death" really means out of the story since not all fallout is physical.  Our group is going to…
In lumpley games
Participants: Judaicdiablo, rafial, rrr, Ben Lehman, lumpley.

9/28/2005 Jonas Karlsson: Help on convention scenario prep
Hello all, I'm prepping a town for a Swedish convention in the beginning of November, for a scenario I've called "The unfaithful in Paradise Rock". I want to spread some…
In lumpley games
Participants: Jonas Karlsson, Munkholt, lumpley, olleolleolle.

9/28/2005 Jake Boone: Boffer LARP design okay?
I've got a boffer LARP design about two-thirds finished, and I would love to get some input from the Forge community.  Is it kosher to post a LARP design in…
In Site Discussion
Participants: Jake Boone, Ron Edwards, Andrew Morris, rrr.

9/28/2005 kenw: A note from Ken Whitman about RAPID POD
Dear Publishers, Rapid POD is a printing company that was created by a disgruntled game publisher who wanted to become an industry leader in developing new ways to print RPGs,…
In Publishing
Participants: kenw, Polaris.

9/29/2005 JSDiamond: All's quiet... second draft pdf
Here is the second draft with the suggestions by Ron and Callan.  I've yet to work out the modifier value tweaks. http://www.orbit-rpg.com/alls_quiet2.pdf  
In Indie Game Design
Participants: JSDiamond, Selene Tan.

9/29/2005 Nev the Deranged: Question about Dogs other duties
Listed among the Dogs duties is carrying mail, news, and dissemination of new interpretation of scripture. Has anybody actually used these as part of a Dogs game? Also, these somewhat…
In lumpley games
Participants: Nev the Deranged, Andrew Morris, lumpley, Ben Lehman, Wolfen, jrs, ironick, Vaxalon, olleolleolle, jasonm, nikola.

9/29/2005 Ron Edwards: [Rats in the Walls] Ronnies feedback
Hello, Time for some feedback for a winner! As games rolled in, Rats in the Walls was the first entry to make me sit up and say "Wins," without any…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Ron Edwards, Wolfen, Sydney Freedberg.

9/29/2005 Blankshield: [PTA] The Belt - Pilot episode
Two weeks past we played the pilot of The Belt, which was pitched here. In the after-game banter, our show acquired a tagline: "Hell is somewhere the Company can transfer…
In Actual Play
Participants: Blankshield, Mike Holmes, Rylock.

9/29/2005 kenw: Looking to start a publishing division....
I have toyed with the idea for many long months about starting a division of Rapid POD that helps small "up-coming" companies get the ball rolling. If I do this…
In Publishing
Participants: kenw, Joshua BishopRoby, Ben Lehman, LordSmerf, timfire, Ron Edwards, Polaris.

9/29/2005 MarktheAnimator: Warehousing info
Ok, so you have your new game ready to go... Where do you ship it to?? Any advice on finding a warehouse or order fullfillment house?? Do you use import…
In Publishing
Participants: MarktheAnimator, Malcolm, guildofblades.

9/29/2005 Kynn: [WMHS] Mind Over Alma Mater
To get myself back in the mindset of writing for Wandering Monsters High School, I spent a couple hours tonight writing up a quick six-page PDF file that adds psionics…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Kynn.

9/29/2005 Matt: Spiel Essen
Way back in the mists of time, Luke started a thread about Spiel Essen. I thought it looked a neat Con, so decided to go. Well, it's about two weeks…
In Conventions
Participants: Matt, 1of3, Frank T, Jestocost, abzu, JasperN., Eero Tuovinen, Artanis, Remko.

9/29/2005 Clinton R. Nixon: Workaround for Apple's Pages software to generate non-crap PDFs
Apple's Pages software is getting used more and more to generate print-ready PDFs. It's a decent piece of software, but its PDF generation is for crap and can result in…
In Publishing
Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, pfischer, Nathan P..

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